The Kingdom of Belgium (Dutch: Koninkrijk België , French: Royaumede Belgique , German: Königreich Belgien ) is a in North-Western Europebordered by The Netherlands , Germany , Luxembourg and France .
Belgium has a population of over ten million people in only thirty thousandsquare kilometres.
Belgium has two main languages: Dutch (Flemish) in Flanders to the north andFrench in Wallonia to the south. To the east is an officially recognisedminority of German speakers; the capital of Belgium, the Brussels-CapitalRegion, is legally French-Dutch bilingual.
Belgium is host to many international organisations, including NATO and theEuropean Union.
The capital of Belgium is Brussels
conventional long form: Kingdom of Belgium
conventional short form: Belgium
local long form: Royaume de Belgique / Koninkrijk Belgie
local short form: Belgique / Belgie
Central EuropeanStandard Time = GMT+1
Central EuropeanSummer Time = GMT+2
Belgium is in the Central European Time Zone . Central European Standard Time ( CET ) is 1 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT+1 ).
Like most states in Europe, Summer(Daylight-Saving) Time is observed in Belgium, where thetime is shifted forward by 1 hour; 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT+2 ).
After the Summer months the time in Belgium is shiftedback by 1 hour to Central European Time (CET) or ( GMT+1 )